Flynn couldn’t help but get angry, frowning and saying, “Are you crazy? This house is mine now. If you want to find Cruz, go to the Northern Territory. Where am I supposed to find him for you?”
Layla squinted her eyes and said coldly, “I didn’t think much of you before, but now that Cruz and Rose have pushed you forward as a puppet, I see that they were right.”
Flynn didn’t feel like talking. He never thought that just a few photos taken by Rose in the villa would cause such a big uproar.
Since everyone was so alike in their actions towards Layla, he was happy to watch her be fooled.
“No wonder you’re so confident that you can say something like wanting to slap me in the face.”
“But really, your confidence is misplaced. When Cruz pushed you forward, it already showed he doesn’t want to fully intervene in this matter.”
“Then again even if Cruz does fully intervene, what difference will it make? Energence Pharmaceuticals will still be crushed!”
Layla stared coldly at Flynn’s eyes trying to see some sense of defeat within them but there wasn’t any; instead she felt disgusted.
As expected from someone who had been imprisoned for ten years; not knowing their place and being put under the spotlight by Cruz only made them more narcissistic.
The Swanson family along with Hussain family and Woods family combined together made even those ancient aristocratic families wary, let alone those dozens of followers within their alliance?
A giant web woven together by dozens of families could Cruz really shake it up?
Furthermore, she had friends who were also heads of aristocratic families. If Cruz overestimated himself, then she wouldn’t mind crushing him alongside them!
This was Layla’s confidence!
This was Southern Territory’s first-class strength!
Whether it was medicine or martial arts, she was an existence that those big shots cannot ignore; naturally her arrogance won’t diminish anywhere else either!
However, what surprised her was how someone as ordinary as Flynn could be favored by Cruz.
It must be because he knew how to sweet-talk and flatter!
This guy was willing to be Cruz’s lapdog just to regain face in front of her. It was truly despicable.
Perhaps when she entered the game with a large sum of money and crushed Energence Pharmaceuticals to dust, he’ll truly understand the gap between them!
“I’ve already contacted several major herb suppliers and distributors who agreed on strangling Energence Pharmaceuticals.”
“I’d love nothing more than seeing how long Energence Pharmaceuticals can hold out!”
After speaking, Layla looked around inside the room intentionally raising her voice as though addressing Cruz directly, “Rose is indeed beautiful, but is it worth sacrificing your future for her? I advise you to think carefully!”
With that, she left Flynn with a proud back and headed straight out of the mountain villa.
“Brother-in-law, Layla’s abilities should not be underestimated. Since you’ve decided to help Rose, you should be fully prepared,” Scarlet appeared at the door with a worried expression.
Roman had already retired and was enjoying his golden years.
Green Liniment Ghost Doctor wandered the world.
In recent years, Layla had become Ostrad’s most prominent figure. Many wealthy families would seek her out for their medical needs. She had gained quite a bit of fame and connections and was not inferior to Roman or Green Liniment Ghost Doctor in terms of reputation among the elite circles.
Flynn sneered at this and didn’t want to get involved in this matter any further. He said, “Katrina just messaged me that she has booked us a private room at Ivory Grove Hotel. I’ll go there now; you rest here and I’ll bring food for you tonight.”
Scarlet nodded as Flynn left without wanting to discuss it any further.
Just then, Flynn received a call from Nathan; he knew it must be an apology call after Nathan scolded Beckett again earlier today.
“Master, I scolded Beckett again just now; if you’re still angry about what happened earlier today with him, then let me know. Tonight we can make sure the Reeves family goes bankrupt!”
Flynn replied calmly, “No need for that; let’s leave things as they are.”
“All right!” Nathan quickly said, “Master, there’s one more thing. The Spencer family head came to Niarak looking for you…”
“Why does he want to see me? I don’t even know him,” Flynn frowned slightly in confusion.
“Um… Mr. Price begged you to kill the King of Poison. You haven’t agreed, but the George family, who are in-laws to the Spencer family, were annihilated by the King of Poison back then, so…”
Flynn’s face darkened when he heard this; Roman wasn’t done yet!
“I’m going over to Ivory Grove Hotel soon; tell him he can find me there,” Flynn hung up before driving off towards his destination.
Katrina was waiting outside the hotel entrance when he arrived; together they went into one of its luxurious private rooms where eight young women were already seated around a circular table. They were all employees from Energence Pharmaceuticals’ research department who were all medical doctors under thirty years old. And they were very attractive-looking too!
However, Flynn noticed something strange. Everyone seemed downcast and forced a smile when he entered the room. Their expressions were serious.
Rose and another girl next to her had red faces and reeked of alcohol; they were already quite drunk.
At that moment, the door to their private room was pushed open roughly.
A muscular man with tattoos glanced into the room before his gaze landed on Flynn. He then shifted his attention to Rose.
“Ruth Richardson, our boss hasn’t had enough to drink yet. Go over there and pour him two more drinks!”
Upon hearing this, Katrina became displeased and spoke coldly, “Ruth has already gone over twice to pour drinks for him. Are you guys not done yet?”
“Katrina, it’s fine!” Ruth smiled awkwardly while waving her hand. “I’m okay; I can handle a few more drinks for Energence Pharmaceuticals’ future.”
Rose said, “Ruth, forget it. I’ll call other suppliers.”
However, Ruth stood up at this point and reassured Rose with a smile, “Ms. Sharp, take a break now; I’ll go by myself this time.” She followed the man out of the door as she spoke.
“I’ll go too!” Rose stood up quickly in pursuit of them.
Flynn furrowed his brows in confusion, “What’s going on?”
Katrina sighed before explaining what happened.
They met several herb suppliers here today since Rose wanted to purchase herbs from them for Energence Pharmaceuticals.
One supplier named Gunner promised to supply them but only under one condition: Ruth must accompany him for some drinks.
Ruth agreed so Rose went along as well.
The two ladies poured two rounds of drinks before being called over again for a third round tonight.
Flynn’s frown deepened even further, “Didn’t Ms. Sharp contact several major herb suppliers from the Northern Territory? They didn’t agree?”
“No,” Katrina shook her head indignantly while continuing, “Moore is infuriating! He used to be just a small-time merchant but became Shipmeda’s largest herb supplier thanks to the Sharp’s Group.”
“Now he acts all high-and-mighty towards Ms. Sharp.”
“He really has no shame…”
The others also shook their heads sympathetically for both Rose and Ruth who had been taken advantage of by Moore’s arrogance.
At that moment though, Rose stumbled into the room looking pale-faced due an overdose of alcohol which was clearly too much for her body.
Ruth rushed to the restroom in the private room and knelt by the toilet, retching uncontrollably. She looked miserable.
The others quickly fetched water and sat down with her. But within minutes, the door to the room was pushed open roughly again, and in walked the burly man with a dragon tattoo.
“Ruth, Mr. Moore hasn’t had enough to drink yet. He wants you to come over and have a few more drinks!” he barked at her.